Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 447)

440 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Type
Last updated 1/10/2010
Asian type
About Asian type
Photoshop provides several options for working with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type. Characters in Asian fonts
are often referred to as double-byte characters.
Note: Your operating system must support the languages in which you wish to work. Consult your system software
manufacturer for more information.
Display and set Asian type options
By default, non-Chinese, Japanese, or Korean versions of Photoshop hide options for Asian type that appear in the
Character panel and Paragraph panel. To view and set options for working with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean type
in these versions of Photoshop, you must select Show Asian Text Options in the Preferences dialog box. You can also
control how font names are displayed—in English or in the native language.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Type (Mac OS).
2 Select from the following options:
Show Asian Text Options Displays Asian type options in the Character and Paragraph panels.
Show Font Names In English Displays Asian font names in English.
Reduce spacing around Asian type characters
Tsume reduces the space around a character by a specified percentage value. As a result, the character itself is not
stretched or squeezed. Instead, the space between the character’s bounding box and the em box is compressed. When
tsume is added to a character, spacing around both sides of the character is reduced by an equal percentage.
1 Select the characters you want to adjust.
2 In the Character panel, enter or select a percentage for Tsume . The greater the percentage, the tighter the
compression between characters. At 100% (the maximum value), there is no space between the character’s
bounding box and its em box.
Specify how leading is measured in Asian type
1 Select the paragraphs you want to adjust.
2 Choose a leading option from the Paragraph panel menu.
Top-to-top Leading Measures the spacing between lines of type from the top of one line to the top of the next line.
When you use top-to-top leading, the first line of type in a paragraph is aligned flush with the top of the bounding box.
Bottom-to-bottom Leading For horizontal type, measures the space between lines of type from the type baseline.
When you use bottom-to-bottom leading, space appears between the first line of type and the bounding box. A check
mark indicates which option is selected.
Note: The leading option you choose does not affect the amount of leading between lines, only how the leading is
measured.